On the way back to Baiyu Tower, Gao Jingshi was still thinking about the agreement he had just made with Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong. According to the principled opinions just reached, Jinghua will still take the lead in this expedition to Luzon, and each of the nobles will become a monk, ranging from fifty to two hundred.
Roughly speaking, the maritime power is that each of the three princes has five armed transport ships, the princes have three ships, and the uncles have two ships. Don’t think that this power is very small. The nobles who stayed in the capital during the Ming Dynasty included the three princes and the thirteenth.
Marquis (including maternal relatives who were granted the title of marquis), 21st uncle (also including maternal relatives, but not including Li Chengliang).
In other words, according to this standard, the Guangxungui part of the fleet heading to Luzon this time has as many as 96 armed transport ships and more than 2,600 ship-borne artillery pieces.
Although these armed transport ships were originally equipped according to the standards for dealing with pirates, so that there were only 8 heavy guns among the 28 guns on a single ship. The remaining 20 light guns were actually difficult to participate in long-range bombardment and could only be used to deal with pirates.
However, even based on the firepower intensity of 8 guns per ship, this time our nobles fired 768 heavy guns. In East Asia and Southeast Asia, where maritime power is relatively lacking, this is completely unparalleled.
Much stronger.
It may not be intuitive enough to say this alone, but it is better to give a comparison: this year the Spanish Armada went to England, and its fleet was equipped with only more than 3,000 heavy artillery pieces. (Note: However, this is related to the Spanish Navy's combat thinking at this time. They
Because the army is strong, its navy's operational thinking at this time is still more focused on joining forces, rather than fleet artillery battles, which later became the mainstream, let alone battle line artillery battles.)
Gao pragmatically plans to have the Beijing-China Beiyang Fleet dispatch 54 warships of all levels, adding up to 150 warships for the entire expeditionary fleet. Among them, the Beiyang Fleet flagship "Liu Rengui" will serve as the flagship of the expeditionary fleet, and the remaining two classes and four cruisers will also
Will go out together.
150 armed ships. Judging from the number of ships alone, this expedition fleet is almost equivalent to the size of the Spanish Armada. But unfortunately, this is only the number of ships. If it is compared with the total tonnage of the fleet, it is obviously
Not even close.
Almost all the ships dispatched by the Spanish Armada were large ships, not to mention the Spanish Gallen ships as the core and main force. Even the Calais galleys and the like were serious warships. Regardless of the materials they were made of and the weapons they were equipped with, even
Even the number of sailors on a single ship is more than one level higher than these Beijing-style armed transport ships.
In fact, if we only look at the combat effectiveness of single ships on paper, the expedition fleet only has five pure battleships from the Beiyang Fleet that can compete with the Spanish battleships in Manila. Therefore, the maritime tactics of this expedition can basically be described in one sentence
Summary: Many ants bite the elephant to death.
According to the intelligence from the past few years, the Spanish fleet in Manila is not weak. Sometimes there are more than twenty Galen or Grand Galen, and sometimes there are as many as twelve Galen.
But that was before after all. Since this year is the time when Philip II is going to expedition to England, presumably some of Manila's military Galenic warships should have been transferred back to the mainland and incorporated into the Armada.
In this case, on the premise that the expedition fleet also has five regular warships, plus a large number of armed transport ships, it can conduct a maritime encirclement and annihilation war.
If the confidentiality work is done enough, the Spanish fleet in Manila may even be directly blocked in the port. Then the advantage of the expeditionary fleet will be even more obvious-a fleet that far exceeds the opponent's fleet is blocked outside the port, unless the Spanish
The fleet can transform into submarines, otherwise it would be impossible to break out.
Before Gao Jingshi's motorcade returned to Baiyulou Villa, someone suddenly came to see him from outside. Gao Mo stopped the motorcade, went up to ask in person, and then immediately returned to Gao Jingshi's car and reported out of the car window: "Master, Nan
Urgent report from Xinjiang!"
Gao Pingshi felt a little strange when he heard his voice. He couldn't help but feel moved in his heart and asked, "What's the matter?"
Gao Mo outside seemed to take a deep breath, then coughed lightly and replied: "Madam, urgent report: King Nuo Jiao Gumeng of Nanzhang suddenly became a monk, and Mr. Huang Yinglei encouraged the princess of Nanzhang to compete without reporting it.
Yajue declared the regency. Now the two of them have rushed to the southern capital of Vientiane, and the Huang family's wolf soldiers accompanying them even fought with the Vientiane garrison..."
Gao pragmatic frowned and asked: "What was the result of the battle?"
"The Vientiane Garrison itself is the weakest among the garrison forces in southern Xinjiang, and many of them were originally from the Royal Guards when Princess Bia Jue was regent, and these so-called Royal Guards were from when she led the uprising.
Old department." Gao Mo was obviously smiling bitterly.
After a pause, he continued: "Although it has been reorganized for several years, many people in the garrison are still unwilling to fight when facing Princess Biajue. In addition, some people are worried about Huang Yinglei's identity, so after a brief exchange of fire,
The garrison troops withdrew from Vientiane and were stationed in Ban Yi Lai, a small town not far northwest of Vientiane, waiting for orders."
The performance of the Vientiane Police Force obviously did not meet Gao Pragmatic's expectations, but Gao Pragmatic did not express his position immediately, but began to think about it.
In fact, the root cause of this incident probably has to do with the division of territory after Cambodia was pacified. At that time, Gao Pragmatic had decided to regard Dingnan City, which was under construction by Siam, as the core of southern Xinjiang in the future, which meant that Siam’s power
It needed to be strengthened, so Huang Zhiting, who was in charge of Nancheng on his behalf, made a carve-up plan.
First, Siam took away half of the land in the west of Cambodia, which was to directly strengthen Siam. Secondly, Annan took away the territory on the southeast coast of Cambodia, which was roughly equivalent to the part captured by Vietnam in later generations.
This is understandable, because Annan is the foundation of Jinghua in southern Xinjiang, and the southern part of Annan has always been the part directly controlled by Jinghua. If this part is assigned to Annan, it is actually directly assigned to Jinghua.
Gao Pragmatic has been thinking about the Mekong Delta for a long time. Of course Huang Zhiting knows it very well, so her plan is to let Jinghua directly acquire this part of the area.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The most amazing thing at that time was that Huang Zhiting allowed Nanzhang Kingdom to be assigned to the northeastern corner of Cambodia, and when she reported it to Gao Panggong, Huang Zhiting did not explain the reason.
Although judging from the map, the part of land allocated by Nanzhang is not large, no more than one-fifth of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and it is also the land of the Bolofing Plateau in the northeast, which is relatively not very rich and suitable for development.
But you must know that the Nanzhang Kingdom did not exert any strength in the battle to destroy Cambodia. There is obviously something strange here.
Gao pragmatic thought for a while before he understood Huang Zhiting's intention: this land was for Huang Yinglei to move the town.
In other words, she hoped that Gao Pragmatic would transfer Huang Yinglei from northern Annan as early as possible and transfer him to the territory assigned to Nanzhang from Cambodia.
At that time, Gao Pragmatic felt that it was not impossible to do this. It was 70% beneficial and 30% disadvantageous. The advantages mainly came from two points: first, it could separate Huang Yinglei from other Guangxi chieftains and cut off the way to continue to connect;
Secondly, Princess Bijue can "return to Nanzhang", which will help Nanzhang's stability and contain her younger brother. Although her brother was not a big threat in the original history, this can after all make Nanzhang's top power
Being divided, in turn, made Jinghua's position more stable.
However, Gao Pragmatic also expected another possibility at the time, that is, doing so would also lead to Huang Yinglei's new status improvement. Not only would the ruling area be twice as large as the original one in Annan, but he would also be able to use Princess Biajue's reputation to fight against the enemy.
The Nanzhang Kingdom has some influence.
This improvement is neither big nor small. If Jinghua only controls a southern state, Gao Pragmatic will definitely not agree to this, but Jinghua has actually controlled almost the entire Indochina Peninsula. Gao Pragmatic believes that this situation
It's not too bad, at least things are still under control.
Because at that time Gao Pragmatic discovered that according to Huang Zhiting's plan, although Huang Yinglei's strength had been strengthened, his geographical location was actually not conducive to him "making trouble."
In this position, there is the Vientiane Garrison to the north, the Jinggang Garrison to the east, and the Phnom Penh Garrison to the south—surrounded by the three major garrison forces, Huang Yinglei, even with great abilities, would not be able to get out of Dingnan's palm.
At that time, Gao Jingshi only felt that Huang Zhiting was really not easy. As her sister, although she knew that Huang Yinglei was stubborn, she still wanted to give her brother a higher status and more territory. But at the same time, as Gao Jingshi's wife, she tried every means to limit this
The ambition in the restless brother's heart.
But now it seems that Huang Yinglei is really helpless. Whether he can't restrain his ambition, or he can't understand his sister's painstaking efforts, he even doesn't understand that Gao Pragmatic, his brother-in-law, has already put a tight curse on him.
Judging from the urgent report just now, this guy heard about Nuo Jiao Gumeng becoming a monk in his own fiefdom, and then immediately asked his wife, Princess Biya Jue, to declare the regency of Nanzhang, and at the same time took his wife to the north.
Going to Wanxiang, intending to kill first and then report, she became the behind-the-scenes regent of Nanzhang. Princess Biajue had no ambitions for power, which Gao Pragmatic had known for a long time.
However, Gao Wuchen is still a little dissatisfied now and asked: "The Vientiane Guard Army has been reorganized for so long, but it fell apart at the critical moment. What happened?"
Gao Mo sighed outside the car and said with a wry smile: "The reorganization itself is not actually a big problem. If Princess Biajue had not gone, the Vientiane Guard Army would still be honest. And the problem now is not just Biajue.
The eldest princess has gone, and Young Master Huang Yinglei is also going, which is very troublesome, because... Sir, Mo Yulin is from Annan after all."
Gao Mo obviously didn't finish what he said, but as soon as he reminded him, Gao Jingshi understood immediately.
Mo Yulin is an Annan-relegated general. Although he is actually serving as the commander of the Vientiane Garrison in Beijing, his official position in Annan is still retained. In name, he is still an Annan general.
Huang Zhiting's nominal official position is the deputy commander-in-chief of Annan, and she is Mo Yulin's direct boss. At the same time, Huang Zhiting is Gao Jingshi's wife, and she is in charge of southern Xinjiang on Gao Jingshi's behalf. Under this situation, Mo Yulin suddenly faced Huang Yinglei, and Biya
When I met a couple, I definitely didn’t know whether to fight or not.
Although Southern Xinjiang is still nominally ruled by separate kingdoms, in fact it is regarded as a highly pragmatic "family world" within the Jinghua system. Mo Yulin is now also a member of Jinghua, and he has to consider this, so...
...What if he offends his wife after the beating, and she happens to be a "remaining queen in southern Xinjiang", how can he get around in the future?
[Note: Liu later, the Tang Dynasty Jiedushi, the acting title set up when the observation envoy was absent. In the late Tang Dynasty, if the Jiedushi of a certain town was overthrown internally, the newly elected Jiedushi would often be appointed by the court before being appointed.
Claiming to be a queen, the Tang court would usually ratify it.]
Now he can resist casually and then retreat, but not retreat too far. In addition, there is no loss of troops. Even if Gao Pragmatic is dissatisfied, he will not directly beat him to the end, so there is room for maneuver.
Next, he only needs to wait for the order. If Gao Pragmatic says to fight, then he will go back and fight; if Gao Pragmatic says not to fight and there are other ways to deal with it, then he will do it. If he does not offend his wife, he will at most be criticized.
That’s it, it’s the best of both worlds.
Gao Pragmatic snorted in his heart: Bureaucracy is really everywhere.
I think so, but he really isn't too angry. What's wrong with bureaucracy? He is very pragmatic and he also has a sense of bureaucracy.
Being in the officialdom without the atmosphere of bureaucracy means that everyone will regard you as an alien, and there will be no other end than death. Just now, you used bureaucratic methods to solve Li Rusong's problem, so there is no need to pretend to be noble now.
However, the key issue now is not the issue of doctrine, the problem is how to solve this matter. Nuojia Gumeng suddenly announced that he would become a monk. This must have been strange in the Ming Dynasty, but it was actually not uncommon in the countries in southern Xinjiang.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Like Nanzhang and Siam, the kings of these countries sometimes become monks for no apparent reason. After all, Hinayana Buddhism is popular in those places.
, Buddhism has a great influence on the kingship of various countries. Many kings believe in Buddhism and sometimes feel that practicing Buddhism is much better than being a king.
Moreover, Gao Pragmatic still had some doubts. In addition to Nuo Jiao Gu Meng being dedicated to Buddha, he might also feel that the power is held by Jinghua anyway, and he, the king, is just a carrot seal. Whether he has it or not does not matter at all.
What.
Originally, Gao Pangshi was wary of him. He agreed to Huang Zhiting's plan and arranged for Huang Yinglei and Biajue to stay in the northeast of Cambodia. Biajue also meant that Biajue was warning Noujiao Gumeng - if you don't obey, your sister will immediately
can replace you.
But now that Nuo Jiaogu Meng has really become a monk, Gao Pragmatic is a bit confused. Because Bia Jue now is different from before. She was arranged to marry Huang Yinglei. Now if Huang Yinglei causes trouble, he will definitely be held accountable afterwards.
At that time, how can Gao Pragmatic rest assured that Bijue will be named as the regent of Nanzhang Kingdom?
As for the queen, there is no need to think about it. The Nanzhang Kingdom does not have this tradition. Historically, Nuojiao Gumeng loved Buddhism. After his death, he had no children and no heirs. The Nanzhang nobles supported Vulawangsa, the son-in-law of his father Setathira, as regent.
King, assisting his son Opanovara - the Vulawangsa here is the husband of the eldest princess.
The son can become the king, but the eldest princess has no chance of becoming the queen. This shows the tradition of Nanzhang.
Gao Pingshi pondered for a moment and asked: "Since it is an urgent report from Madam, does she have any suggestions for this?"
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